Practice areas

In-house Advocacy

Carter Newell Lawyers is an award winning specialist law firm providing legal advice to Australian and international corporate clients.

Carter Newell is able to offer experienced advocates ‘in-house barristers’ to assist with pleadings, court appearances, trial preparation and if appropriate, running a trial across all states and territories in Australia.

Brett Heath, In-house Advocate, is a graduate of the Bar Practice Course. This professional post-graduate barrister training course is administered by the Queensland University of Technology in conjunction with the Bar Association of Queensland. Brett is qualified to be admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and has successfully conducted trials both alone and in a ‘junior counsel’ role for clients before:

Queensland Court of Appeal

Supreme Court Queensland

Supreme Court NSW

District Court Queensland

Fair Work Commission

Full Bench of Fair Work Commission

Federal Court

Federal Circuit Court

Carter Newell use external counsel only when absolutely necessary and in such a way as to minimise costs due to major preparation work being handled by our experienced In-house Advocate..